Tag Archives: House Appropriations Committee

Recently ousted Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) will be following in the path of numerous former colleagues from the 113th Congress to more lucrative careers at powerhouse lobbying firms, it was announced Tuesday. Landrieu, who is joining Van Ness Feldman LLP (along with her executive assistant, Marianna Knister) as a senior policy advisor, said in a press…

Scathing reports have once again spotlighted the massive cost and delays surrounding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, a jet designed for multiple branches of the military that has been dubbed the single most expensive weapons program in history. Even as criticism has rained down upon them, though, the four main contractors on the project have made sure…

The public comment period ended this week on the Education Department’s proposed new rules to limit federal aid to colleges and universities whose graduates are particularly debt-saddled or have high rates of student loan default. The rules would hit for-profit institutions hardest. But the industry is fighting back — and it has allies. Last week, 36…

It’s the steal of the century. For the price of buying a condo in Washington, D.C., you can support the political campaigns of members of Congress who support your trillion-dollar program. Talk about return on investment!

News Corp., the parent company of Fox News, is set to issue regular reports about its political spending, the New York Times reported Saturday. News Corp.’s board of directors decided last month to publicly disclose corporate political contributions each January.

The political action committee of L-3 Communications — one of the two defense contractors behind the full-body scanning machines now used in more than 60 U.S. airports — has doled out more political cash this election cycle than at any other time, the Center for Responsive Politics has found.

This fall, Republicans need a net gain of 39 seats to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Some of the seats most likely to flip from the Democratic column to Republican control stem from the retirements of sitting Democratic incumbents.
And when it comes to competing for these open seats, Republicans own a financial advantage.

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